I am what I am
Transmissions
Published 08/11/2011
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

http://www.ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=transmissions&article=170

I recently violated one of the golden rules of the Internet – I read the reader comments under a news article.

The piece itself was a follow-up on the assault on Chrissy Polis in a Rosedale, Maryland McDonald's. A pair of women at the restaurant had assaulted Polis, a 22-year-old post-operative transsexual. They beat and kicked Polis until she suffered a seizure. Why was she attacked? Polis used the women's restroom. The older of the two women who beat Polis, Teonna Monae Brown was offered a plea agreement. In exchange for Brown pleading guilty to assault and committing a hate crime, prosecutors will seek a five-year prison term at the sentencing hearing next month.

Those who have spent any time on the Internet know that comments after articles are typically not worth reading. They're littered with trolls, and even well-intentioned commenters can leave shaking their head.